PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography Winners

The PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography is awarded for excellence in the art of biography. The inaugural award was conferred in 2008. ...more

Winners

	All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler by Rebecca Donner (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 3,994 ratings PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography (2022)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her World by Amy Stanley (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 1,758 ratings PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sisters and Rebels: A Struggle for the Soul of America by Jacquelyn Dowd Hall (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 62 ratings PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry by Imani Perry 4.27 avg rating — 1,269 ratings PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Richard Nixon: The Life by John A. Farrell (Goodreads Author) 4.37 avg rating — 2,548 ratings PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary by Joe Jackson 4.20 avg rating — 611 ratings PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Agnes Martin: Her Life and Art by Nancy Princenthal 3.89 avg rating — 310 ratings PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Queen's Bed: An Intimate History of Elizabeth's Court by Anna Whitelock 3.62 avg rating — 689 ratings PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Holding On Upside Down: The Life and Work of Marianne Moore by Linda Leavell (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 108 ratings PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss 3.99 avg rating — 18,786 ratings PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie 3.93 avg rating — 102,698 ratings PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 114,392 ratings PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Koestler: The Literary and Political Odyssey of a Twentieth Century Skeptic by Michael Scammell 4.12 avg rating — 96 ratings PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard by Richard Brody 4.07 avg rating — 509 ratings PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice by Janet Malcolm 3.62 avg rating — 795 ratings PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

nominees

	The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock: An Anatomy of the Master of Suspense by Edward White 3.92 avg rating — 694 ratings PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography Nominee for Longlist (2022)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight by Julia Sweig 3.96 avg rating — 996 ratings PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography Nominee for Longlist (2022)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Two-Way Mirror: The Life of Elizabeth Barrett Browning by Fiona Sampson 3.90 avg rating — 120 ratings PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography Nominee for Longlist (2022)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	King of the Blues: The Rise and Reign of B.B. King by Daniel de Visé (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 211 ratings PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography Nominee for Longlist (2022)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II by Daniel James Brown (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 8,226 ratings PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography Nominee for Longlist (2022)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Orwell's Roses by Rebecca Solnit 4.20 avg rating — 2,877 ratings PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography Nominee for Shortlist (2022)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gambler Wife: A True Story of Love, Risk, and the Woman Who Saved Dostoyevsky by Andrew D. Kaufman (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 168 ratings PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography Nominee for Shortlist (2022)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Albert and the Whale by Philip Hoare 3.61 avg rating — 379 ratings PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography Nominee for Shortlist (2022)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Invention of Miracles: Language, Power, and Alexander Graham Bell’s Quest to End Deafness by Katie Booth 4.11 avg rating — 279 ratings PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography Nominee for Shortlist (2022)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rebel Cinderella: From Rags to Riches to Radical, the Epic Journey of Rose Pastor Stokes by Adam Hochschild 3.72 avg rating — 532 ratings PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography Nominee for Longlist (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chasing Chopin: A Musical Journey Across Three Centuries, Four Countries, and a Half-Dozen Revolutions by Annik LaFarge 3.99 avg rating — 271 ratings PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography Nominee for Longlist (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Power of Adrienne Rich: A Biography by Hilary Holladay (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 178 ratings PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography Nominee for Longlist (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Warhol by Blake Gopnik 4.08 avg rating — 447 ratings PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography Nominee for Longlist (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mozart: The Reign of Love by Jan Swafford 4.35 avg rating — 469 ratings PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography Nominee for Longlist (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	999: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz by Heather Dune Macadam (Goodreads Author) 4.53 avg rating — 4,530 ratings PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography Nominee for Shortlist (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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